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When Mike Hettinger of New Milford saw the Daily Voice story about a surrendered German Shepherd puppy in need of a home, his first priority became adopting him.Hettinger, left his job in Glen Rock during his lunch break to meet 11-month-old Max last week. On Sunday, three days after his 32nd birthday, Hettinger and his roommate Arthur Berg brought Max home."I had gone to the ...

"Broken" was the word Theresa Devins says Ringwood rescuers used over-and-over again to describe the German Shepherd she was hoping to adopt last November.Not vicious. Not hostile. Just broken.The dog was estimated to be around three years old and was kept in a pen with no human interaction except for when someone came to drop food for her for the entirety of her ...

A passenger on an NJ Transit bus that departed from Lyndhurst released footage of the driver counting cash while driving.NJ Transit officials are investigating the incident that occurred on Route 3 in Seacaucus Saturday when passenger Aston Smith tweeted the video.The incident occurred at 4:54 p.m. on a bus from Allwood to Lyndhurst to North Bergen, the tweet says.

Sofia Evelich of Paramus loves cheerleading and spending time with her family.But ever since a school bus she and her classmates were in collided with a dump truck on Route 80 last week, the young East Brook Middle School student has remained in critical condition in a pediatric intensive care unit with severe head trauma."Sofia has a long recovery ahead of her, but she is ...

The winning Powerball ticket sold somewhere mysterious in New Jersey was actually from a Hackensack grocery store.The ticket from Saturday's drawing was sold at the ShopRite on River Street and the lucky winner will receive $315 million or $183 million in cash.The winning numbers are 3, 6, 9, 17 and 56. The Powerball is 25 and the multiplier is 3.

Someone in New Jersey is about to be a whole lot richer -- by $315 million, precisely.** UPDATE: The ticket was sold at the Hackensack ShopRite **The winning Powerball ticket in Saturday's drawing was sold in New Jersey, its website says.The winning numbers were 03-06-09-17-56 and a Powerball of 25. The Powerplay was 3x.

An 11-month German Shepherd puppy at the Bergen County Animal Shelter is in need of a home.** UPDATE: Max has been adopted by a pair of Bergen County roommates. **Shelter officials said they received hundreds of applications for Max because of this Daily Voice story. No further applications are being accepted.Max was surrendered to the Teterboro shelter because his owners were unable to ...

The last few days have been gloomy for middle-schooler Brendan O'Callaghan of Paramus.But thanks to the New York Rangers, things for a moment were brighter Saturday for the 11-year-old East Brook student, who's been at Morristown Medical Center since the bus he and his classmates were on collided with a dump truck on Route 80 Thursday, killing a young classmate and a teacher.Brendan, an ...

A Bergen County Animal Shelter pit bull that spent her first years on city streets with her homeless owner finally has the golden ticket to her best life.All she needs is a home.At two years old, Asia was surrendered by her owner to a local humane society before being transferred to the Teterboro shelter. She is sweet and goofy -- especially with her toys -- and will form a strong bond ...